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What’s The Rent? NYC Housing Officials Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
By Cezary Podkul Anyone who’s ever rented in New York City knows how hard it is to get reliable information about an apartment. How much has the unit rented for in the past? Does the building’s history entitle tenants to … Continue reading
A Letter From Black America
By Nikole Hannah-Jones Last July 4, my family and I went to Long Island to celebrate the holiday with a friend and her family. After eating some barbecue, a group of us decided to take a walk along the ocean. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, Ferguson, New York, police, race, race relations, United States
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The Problem With The New York Teacher Exam Is That White People Are More Likely To Pass It
By Casey Quinlan A federal judge ruled that a New York Teachers exam is racially biased because it did not properly measure skills relevant to all teachers. For black and Latino candidates, the pass rate ranged between 54 percent and … Continue reading
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Tagged education, LAST Exam, New York, race, teacher exams, teachers of color
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Harlem Rents Are 90 Damn Percent Higher Than In 2002
By John Del Signore Median rent costs in Central Harlem increased by a vertiginous 90% between 2002 and 2014, according to a report analyzing newly-released census data. Meanwhile, in Bed-Stuy, the median cost of rent rose 63% over the same time … Continue reading
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Tagged apartments, economy, gentrification, Harlem, life, Lodging, money, New York, New York City, rent, rentals
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Life as a black cop: caught between love for the NYPD and the people they serve
By Donna Ladd When Eric Adams was a lieutenant with the New York Police Department, he took a white rookie into public housing in their precinct. When they got on the elevator, they saw a puddle of urine in the … Continue reading
NY police chief Bratton says hiring black officers is difficult: ‘So many have spent time in jail’
By Lauren Gambino Hiring more non-white officers is difficult because so many would-be recruits have criminal records, the New York police commissioner, Bill Bratton, has said. “We have a significant population gap among African American males because so many of … Continue reading
Ex-Rikers inmate who was beaten in jail commits suicide
By Bill Hutchinson A Bronx man who spent three years as a teen in Rikers Island enduring beatings by guards and inmates and long stints in solitary confinement without ever being convicted has committed suicide. Kalief Browder, 21, used an … Continue reading
Letter tells LI black family: ‘YOU DON’T BELONG HERE’
By Tobias Salinger An anonymous racist sent a hate note to an African-American family on Long Island, telling them: “YOU DON’T BELONG HERE.” Ronica Copes, 37, a resident of Lindenhurst in Babylon, found the typewritten, all-capital letter message in an … Continue reading
Why Do America’s Race Riots Mirror Each Other?
By Frank Rich As some 37,000 fans streamed into Camden Yards for the Orioles–Red Sox game on the last Saturday evening in April, things were getting out of hand in Baltimore. The peaceful protests of the day were spiraling … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, discrimination, Ferguson, Los Angeles, New York, race, racism, uprising
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